10 h. ago GLEN OWEN: Will Ed Miliband back Andy Burnham's bid to topple Starmer in return for keys to the Exchequer?

GLEN OWEN: The Prime Minister is widely expected to face a challenge after May's local elections, which on current polling trends will prove disastrous for Labour.

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14 h. ago Leadership speculation around Andy Burnham could be 'devastating', says Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy said any distraction could make northern towns, disproportionately affected by Conservative decisions from 2010 to 2024, suffer most

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24 h. ago 'We're in the fight of our lives for the future of democracy'

Deputy Labour leader, Lucy Powell, said 'it would be madness to change leaders' following rife speculation that Andy Burnham will make a return to Westminster to bid for leadership

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37 h. ago Mayor Andy Burnham calls for 'fair remedy' for residents living in the shadow of controversial 'cruise liner' warehouses

An independent review has concluded consultation for the original plans was 'wholly inadequate'

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66 h. ago “Appalling”: Andy Burnham weighs in on Holiday Inn refusing homeless men rooms during

The hotel apologised

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3 d. ago Andy Burnham's city centre Metrolink tunnel plan will be 'looked at' by Rachel Reeves in major step forward

It all rests on one report

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4 d. ago Starmer's rivals jostle for power with row over the blob: Wes Streeting defends Whitehall civil servants as Andy Burnham says 'unelected state' is hindering growth

Wes Streeting mounted a furious defence of civil servants against Labour critics - including the PM - before Andy Burnham said the 'unelected state' was hindering growth.

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham piles pressure on Rachel Reeves to 'rebalance' taxes on the high street after Chancellor refuses to extend rate bail out beyond pubs despite fear of mass closures

The Greater Manchester mayor, a former Cabinet minister and possible challenger to Keir Starmer, said changes were needed as part of wider reform that includes revaluing council tax.

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5 d. ago Social media is corrupting young minds – but a ban is not the answer | Zoe Williams

Kicking under-16s off the social platforms is tempting, but it ignores the root of the problem: the older generations who made them so toxic in the first placeKemi Badenoch is evolving into one of those politicians who, whatever she says, it’s not just likely to be wrong, it’s likely to be the opposite of what’s right. She says Greenland is not a big deal (a “second-order issue” is how she described it to the BBC) – it is a big deal. She says net zero is too expensive – the opposite is true: net-anything-but-zero is a cost we can’t afford.But her promise to ban under-16s from using social media, echoing Australia’s recent move, is hard to write off completely; people across the spectrum, including Andy Burnham, agree with it. Nobody who has ever met a teenager, or read the news, will be completely at ease with the role of social media in young lives. There are horrific effects, which have been well documented and inadequately addressed ever since the death of 14-year-old Molly Russe...

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6 d. ago ANDREW PIERCE: A safe seat for Burnham to put the Bootle in?

Has Andy Burnham finally found a safe way back to the Commons so he can challenge Keir Starmer?

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8 d. ago How Andy Burnham responded when asked to promise to 'put safety of girls before fear of upsetting people'

'Can you promise us all now that you will put the safety of our young women and girls before the fear of upsetting people?'

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9 d. ago 'Greater Manchester is based on a great night out': Andy Burnham welcomes rumours of pub U

The Greater Manchester Mayor said the region's hospitality industry was 'critical infrastructure'

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9 d. ago The government has plans for Wolverhampton taxis, but Andy Burnham says 'not good enough'

The mayor has campaigned for a ban on out-of-area working since last spring

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9 d. ago Andy Burnham promises police 'hub' in city centre crime hotspot Piccadilly Gardens

It would be funded through an increase in the policing element of council tax

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1 week ago Starmer tells ministers to work ‘as a team’ amid leadership speculation

Prime minister urges cabinet to focus on issues that matter to voters in start-of-year meeting

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1 week ago Voices: ‘If Andy Burnham is the answer, we need a new question’: Readers on Labour’s leadership dilemma

Our community were split as polling suggested Andy Burnham has greater appeal to the wider electorate over Keir Starmer, sparking debate over whether Labour needs stability or a change at the top

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1 week ago Andy Burnham is Labour’s best hope of keeping Farage out of No 10, according to UK’s top pollster

With rumours whirling about a coup against Starmer, Britain’s leading polling guru told the Independent that he would not be surprised if one of the main party leaders is replaced in 2026

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1 week ago Keir Starmer says 'I will be Prime Minister this time next year' in defiant interview

Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed speculation over his leadership and warned against 'constant chopping and changing' as he pledged to deliver on Labour's five-year mandate

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer vows to ‘stay the course’ in 2026 after Labour leadership speculation

In his New Year message, the Labour prime minister, under pressure over faltering economy and with his party trailing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the polls, pledges Britain will ‘turn a corner’ in the next 12 months

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2 w. ago Zack Polanski: I would be open to working with Labour if Andy Burnham was leader

Green party leader rules out co-operation with Keir Starmer

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